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k so good concept bad execution. The writers screwed up royally by making John Wakefield alive. It was a cop out to make it seem like anybody could be the killer and nobody was the killer. So when they all had a alibi oh it was fucking John Wakefield. Now for the regular killer n my opinion is that it always had to be Abby, Jimmy, Henry, or Trish. It just didn’t make any sense for it to be someone else. I did start double guessing and thinking it was Cal and Chloe but…come on.
But by the end I felt it had to be Jimmy or Henry since I writers weren’t clever enough to come up with a cool mind fucking twist with Abby while Trish being so upset kind of ruled her out. Then when they tried to make it seem like it was Jimmy about two episodes to soon well then it obviously was Henry.
I was hoping for a few flashbacks showing Henry do all of the murders, that would have been a bit more interesting and they had time at the end.
Let me get back to the storyline, we are just supposed to believe that the wedding was just a way for Henry to kill everyone? Why not break up with Trish, her whole half of the family had nothing to do with this. Break up with her, kill Uncle Marty and your brother and just bump into Abby and start the fling with your half sister. Um yea? Also wouldn’t some of the locals come back to the island once the crime had been resolved? I think they would, whole fucking island to themselves give me a break. Plus how long was Abby unconscious for if their was an entire criminal investigation that was all tied up before she woke up? Plus Henry became a killer after meeting up with his dad? Oh yea I’m a killer now so I am going to kill my family (actually they never even said if he did) who were nice enough to adopt me and nice enough to bring me to the island every summer.
Plus what about all of the mystery stuff like the newspaper, or JD checking his scalp, or the red markings, the music on the phone, etc etc.
It just wasn’t thought out very well. I only liked Trish, Cal, and Chloe the rest were never developed enough. What they should have done was not bring back John Wakefield and should have killed someone like Henry or Trish right away. Or even Abby. Kill the person we expect will make it to the end. Don’t live in horror movie rules live in tv show rules, or even fuck with them slightly. Heck make Abby the main character and then kill her off in episode five, that would have been a cool story. I also liked the theory that Abby was also insane and she actually did all the original murders, or that her and Henry were insane and that coming back into the island made them want to kill again like they had 7 years ago. I liked that ideas as well and would’ve been more fun then the ending we got.
I am not disappointed I watched, it became intriguing to see who would be killed week after week but the storyline just stayed to simple and never went to the next level. Which is to bad because again the concept was great. Reality shows are popular right now and this was definitely like a soap opera mixed with a reality show, but that means nothing if you don’t get people who could make it great.
Better Off Ted continues to be a extremely strong show and I am glad they are showing off the rest of the first season episodes this summer. The show was picked up for the second season which will air this winter. Anyway I don’t know how much more I can praise this show. It is quick, funny, and clever. Andrea Anders is even better in these two episodes then she is in the first seven. Anyway if you have nothing to watch this summer be sure to tape this or turn it on. It is just so good. Portia and Andrea had a ton of chemistry when talking about her dead grandmother. They worked so well just giving and taking, and the timing was excellent. Plus I loved the further development of Phil and Lem are great. Phil is my new favorite character since probably Walter in Fringe.